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Modeled on the teacher/apprentice model the beautiful Cranbrook Academy of Art is an art makers utopian dream where all students and teachers live and work on the same street in a stunning European village and park setting. Yearly, a mere 8-10 students are accepted in each department. Don’t be fooled by its good looks. Founded by Eliel Saarinen and George Booth it remains one of the most prestigious graduate programs in the country. A word to the wise; Students applying here should have a mature body of work under their belts.  Worth a day trip to see the Saarinen House and Cranbrook Museum. A shout-out to the Motor City!

 

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Saarinen House

In both his straight prints and groundbreaking composites his design sense and composition are truly impeccable. A true international modern master of light, shadow & line. His last exhibition: RAY K. METZKER  Composites 1964-2007 at Laurence Miller Gallery was incredible. You can still find many of his books here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take one part Japanese brush painting tradition, one part Jackson Pollack’s gesture painting, mix with a little water and you get the work of  Shinichi Maruyama in this series titled Kusho

http://www.shinichimaruyama.com/portfolio/permalink/384426/4ab8f78a666a04

 

 

I love work that shows the unseen. Wattenberg & Viégas moving wind map uses data to show us magic.

http://hint.fm/wind/

http://www.bewitched.com/

“An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future. The wind map shows the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US.”

 

Images from Hurricane Isaac (September 2012):